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mrmiyagisr

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  1. Camden and Burlington counties DO have LTE, but it's not complete yet. There are still a number of sites in both counties that have yet to have LTE turned on.
  2. Since you're a sponsor, you can see on the map if the closest site to you has been LTE accepted. Is that the case? Also, about how far are you from it? My nearby tower is only 3G accepted but it's broadcasting one bar of LTE. I'm not even 1/4 mile away from the site, and I only get one bar of LTE, so I know they're still in the testing phase of things. Which SMS did you get? Was it the one that said "Over the next month, the new network will be largely completed in your area"? If so, pretty much everyone got it. Even in markets that are FAR from completion, so take it with a grain of salt. This site is the best resource to figure out how far along the rollout is where you live.
  3. Yeah, every once in a while I'll go to that Shoprite and I notice the same thing that you do. It appears that there's a tower that would be better served for that area (which is just north of there on 130), but it's a legacy site. So just having it brought to NV would be a great help (but even better of course with 800). It's just good that there's a tower in North Brunswick that's on (and it happens to serve a couple of strip malls and the Shoppes across Route 1).
  4. This is at the Walmart/Office Depot on Route 1 in North Brunswick. Not sure if this is live or just testing, but I think this is from the tower not too far away near the Rt 1/130 exit. The tower is still being shown as 3G, so I'm hoping to see it in the list of LTE acceptances soon.
  5. I gotcha. Well Camden, NJ is the first "market" in NJ to officially be launched, and since it looks like all of the sites there are 4G accepted, that would make sense. I'm hoping whatever city in the Central Jersey market "launches" soon, because I've come across a couple of towers that have been 3G/4G accepted for months now yet still can't get an LTE signal from them. Or maybe they'll be live as soon as the market is launched? And I just saw the new map! That helps me (and I'm sure plenty others) a great deal. Looking forward to seeing more yellow and green pins in Jersey soon (less red pins and legacy dots, too).
  6. I would think that our market will officially be launched soon. I don't know what the exact threshold of LTE sites accepted that would make that happen (or POPs), but it can't be much longer. Though to be realistic, the current "polar vortex" can't be helping things all that much. Also, is there any other way to figure out which specific sites get accepted for LTE or 3G (from legacy)? It's considerably easier when there are multiple sites that get accepted in a report, but a little bit of a challenge if it's, say, just 1 site acceptance in any given market. I wasn't sure if there was some sort of automation that would help indicate whether a site is newly accepted and then after the subsequent update, those pin colors would revert to what they are on the legend. I apologize if this has been answered in advance. If there isn't anything that can be done, then taking a current screenshot of whatever part of the map is needed and using that to compare future acceptance reports will do just fine. Thanks in advance!
  7. I don't know where in East Brunswick you live, but I was there a couple of days ago visiting a relative who's unfortunately in a long-term care facility off of Cranbury Road (CR 535) and that seems to be an almost dead spot (which is the complete opposite for how coverage is driving along Route 18). Occasionally I'll get 1 or 2 bars of 3G (or it'll switch over to 1X), and sometimes it will roam onto Verizon. I think the closest tower from that place is the one off the Turnpike, and according to the sponsor maps it's still a legacy tower. Not sure if that's the closest tower from your place.
  8. Glad to help. And bear in mind two things about the Sensorly maps for Sprint LTE: 1) I personally wouldn't count the parts of Philly and South Jersey where the 4G signal is one bar, it's likely where LTE hung on a little longer than it should before switching over to 3G. Basically stating that LTE is probably unusable in that area. However, LTE on the 800 spectrum will definitely help out with that issue. 2) Since it's crowd sourced, it's dependent on people mapping those areas where LTE is present. There are some sites broadcasting LTE where people haven't mapped coverage on Sensorly. In South Jersey, 27% of LTE sites have been accepted since around the end of August (and that's only counting information as of the end of last month, so you gotta think that percentage is a bit higher now). Let's hope there isn't another polar vortex headed our way, and hopefully the LTE acceptances will continue to come at a good clip going forward.
  9. Lower frequency = longer wavelength, which means better signal propagation and building penetration with 800 vs 1900.
  10. So, if I follow Robert correctly, in your situation, you should get more bars and a better connection overall once the towers by you are upgraded. There's a tower by me that hasn't been upgraded yet. I'm about 1/4 mile away from it and I'm only getting 2 to 3 bars of 3G, and sometimes it'll switch to one bar of LTE. I've run a speedtest while it's on LTE and it's only at 2 up/1 down. Does that suck? Absolutely. But, what can you do? I'm personally used to how slow data on Sprint has been on 3G. I mean, it can't get any worse. It can only get better. And it will.
  11. Some parts of those towns are broadcasting LTE at the moment, it'll get better as time goes on. You can see crowd-sourced LTE maps here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4145-sprint-lte-coverage-maps-via-sensorly/ You can also download the Sensorly app from Apple's App Store, if that's more convenient for you. Either method should give you a good idea of how the LTE rollout is going in your area or wherever your travels may take you.
  12. Yikes, not a single upgraded site in Central Jersey within the last week. Any of you think they're just waiting to turn on a cluster of sites, or if this is possibly "polar vortex" related?
  13. It's not, unless you have the bigger HTC One Max version.
  14. This should answer your question. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4675-td-lte-2600band-41-lte-info-teaser/?hl=%2Blte+%2Bband+%2B41+%2Bteaser
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